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No. 355,119. Patented Dec. 28, 1886.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I JAMES H. BARLEY AND THOMAS K. BARLEY, OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI.

HAY-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 355,119, dated December 28, 1886.

' Application filed August 10, 1885. Serial No. 174,064. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JAMEs H. BARLEY and THOMAS K. BARLEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Sedalia, in the county of Pettis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hay-Stack- I ers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improved haystacker; and it consists in the novel features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described-and pointed out in the claims.

-In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an isometrical perspective view of our improved stacker with the fork or carriage nearly down to a position for being loaded. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view showing more completely the guide-rope for the draft-animal. Fig. 3 is a broken detail vertical section of part of Fig. 1, showingthe fork in the act of rising. Fig. 4 is a broken side elevation of part of Fig. 1, showing in full 'lines the fork fully raised and inclined, with its front end elevated, and also showing by dotted lines the dumping position ofthe fork. Fig. 5 is a detail section of the foundation-support and the upright-frame of the stacker. Fig. 6 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 3, but showing two elevating-ropes rove in a different manner from the single rope in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is detail plan of the top pulley-beam and the ropes shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a modification of the construction of the upright frame shown in Fig. 1. In this view are shown by dotted lines inclined braces between the guiding-bar and top .pulley-beamof the upright frame, which may or may not be used. Fig. 9 is a modification of the guide-rope shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 10 is a detail view showing a modificationof the construction of the side frame-pieces of the fork-handle; and Fig. 11 is a diagram illustrating the position of the hay-stack being formed with respect to the upright frame and fork. Figs. 12, 13, and 14 show other modifications of the guiding device for the draft animal or animals.

In the drawings, A A are oblique horizontal side sills, A a front cross-beam uniting the sills, B B slide shoes or runners, and A an adjusting and bracing rear cross-barof the approximately V shaped foundation-frame for ahorizontally-swinging upright, O. The crossbeam A is bolted to the tops of the runners, and the sills are pivoted to it, while cross-bar A*is perforatedwith a number of holes, a, and is confined to the tops of the sills bybolts a, as shown. By meansof the barA and bolts and holes the pivoted side sills can be set to form a greater or less angle with each other, or, respectively, with the front cross-bar, accordingly as circumstances may require. I

The bar A may, while it serves as a stay 0 brace, also act to keep down in horizontal position asweep-bar, K, arranged below it and attached by one end either to the foundationframe or to the swinging upright, so as to sweep in the are of a circle,and thereby cause the upright with the fork to swing in a similar are; but, if preferred, the sweep-bar may be kept horizontal by an inclined brace, A Figs. 1 and 8, which may be either loosely jointed or rigidly connected to the part 0 of the upright frame and suitably connected to the sweep-bar.

Loops or staples may be provided at the front and rear of the foundation-frame, as shown, for anchoring the stacker while in use. The upright O is connected to the crossbar A by a strong metal pivot-bolt, b, a nut, b, an iron washer, b and a foot-plate, b, as shown, or in any other suitable manner.

The nut I) might be dispensed with and an ordinary step-bearing adopted.

The upright may comprise two piecesone,

O, forming the main portion or stacker-pole weight, and it is shown formed of two flat bars,

between which grooved pulleys or rollers d d d", as well as the upper ends of the parts 00, are fitted and suitably secured. As indicated in the drawings, the part 0 stands away from the pole proper, 0, either on a declining or vertical line, but swings with it on the pivot b in an arc of a circle, as illustrated by the diagram, Fig. 11.

In Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 the pole proper, G, is shown with its part 0 on a declination from the perpendicular, and the pulley-beam (3 set inclined to the horizon, so that its forward end is inclined upward; and we prefer generally to adopt this construction, as it affords greater room for employing an inclined brace, C permits the fork to move to a greater altitude and to be more conveniently tilted in topping off the stack, while it obviates the necessity of separating the lower ends of the parts 0 O to an objectionable extent in order to introduce the brace between the said parts and the beam 0.

In Fig. 8 we have shown a modification of the pivoted swinging upright, both of its parts being vertical.

The space between the parts 0 G affords room for the inner end of the handle D of the fork D to move up and down bar 0 and vibrate in. The fork D is thus located away from the axis of motion of the stacker-pole O, and thrown, when swung around, nearer the center of the stack of hay being formed. The upright thus constructed and pivoted is steadied and stayed upon the foundation-frame by two inclined braces or props, E, which are connected by their upper convergent ends to the upper portion of the pole proper, O, by suitable loose joints, as e, and by their lower divergent ends to the sills A A by a series of bolts, e, and holes e in said sills. When the cross-bar A is adjusted to hold the sills farther apart, the braces or props can be adjusted accordingly.

The fork D of the stacker comprises tines f, head-bars f f swinging lifting-bail f, a locking-bank, a pendent pivoted catch, h with dangling operating-cord]; attached thereto, the handle D, having a latching device, 717, as a pin or a guiding-staple, and the cross-bar h hinged at 'i i to the head-barf of the fork, so as to permit the fork to tilt downward, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4. The handle D is formed of two horizontal spaced bars, 9 g, and two inclined spaced bars, h h, bolted together and to the spacing pieces or blocks h h On the outside of the bars 9 g and h h, at their rear ends, tie-pieces h may be applied.

Within the frame forming the handle antifriction rollers j j and a round spacing-block or friction-roller, j, are placed, and between the inclined bars h it, forward of said rollers or roller j, a grooved pulley, d is applied. The space between the side pieces of the handle D forward of the roller j should be sufficient to permit the fork to be vibratedor tilted on its guide rod or bar 0, and assume the position shown in Fig. 4, as in the case of topping off the stack. The rollers j j bear, respectively, against the front and rear of the guide bar or rod of the pole, while the block or roller j may move clear of the rear side of the said guide.

The fork is suspended and operated by the rope-hoisting appliance F or F F, which may be rove in either the manner illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, and 4, or as in Figs. 6 and 7. If rove as in Figs. 1, 3, and 4, the rope F is first attached to the swinging bail f carried over the front pulley, (1, down to and under the pulley of, up to and over the pulley d, and along the beam 0 over the pulley If, therefrom down to a swinging draft pulley-block, d, on the sweep-bar K, and thence to the draft-animal. as shown; but in the arrangement shown in Figs. 6 and 7 two ropes, F F, are used, the rope F being first fastened to the front end of the beam 0", carried down and under a pulley, d", on bail f, up over pulley d, along beamC", over pulleys d d to the draft pulley-block d, and thenceto thedraft-animal, while the rope F may be fastened to the beam 0 near its center, carried down under the pulley d up to and over pulley d, over pulley 6?, down to the draft pulley-block d, and thence to the draft-animal. By this means the forkwith its load is lifted and held up at a right angle with the guide-bar C, and binding prevented.

It is important to provide for passing the rope over a top pulley-beam, G, and over two or more pulleys, one of which is supported at a point considerably forward of the guide-bar (3, and another considerably in rear ofthe part 0 of the pole, as shown, as by this construction and arrangement the weight of the fork forward of the pole is counterbalanced by the draft of theteam; The fork-head is allowed to dump by drawing the catch h backward from the staple or pin by the cord h. The dumping of the fork may be effected at any altitude, and when the body ofthe stack has been completed and it is desired to top off, the roller j will travel up the inclined brace bar 0 whereby the weight isin a measure removed from the catch and the front end of the fork thrown up, as illustrated in Fig. 4, and thus the load caused to be dumped at a greater height than the body of the stack. 1n Figs. 1 and 3 we have shown, at 0 by dotted lines, a duplication of the brace O; and it is our intention sometimes to use two braces instead of one, in order to give greater support to the pulley'bcam C"; and the brace 0 is made of greater length than brace O, as'shown, so as to cause the lower' front friction-roller, j, to travel upon said front inclined brace; and the friction roller or block j and roller 3' may be placed a great distance apart, so as to permit the fork to tilt or rise at the front end when the handle rises on the brace 0 It will be seen that this front brace would cause the front end of the fork to rise in the same manner as brace 0 and hence brace 0 might be left off, if desired.

If desired, the side bars of the fork-handle might be extended back and the rear roller, j, left off, so as not to interfere with the front roller passing along brace 0 If the brace 0 is used, the pulley d would be set forward of it, the front end of beam 0 extended, and

pulley (1 set forward. For controlling the draft animal or animals, an ordinary guiding device, as a rope or rail, H, (see Figs. 1, 2, 13, and 14,) is connected to a staple, H, of one of the props or braces E, and extended to a stake, H, set in the ground, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This rope or rail is arranged near theside sill, A, of the foundation-frame, so that the draft end of the rope F shall be carried on a line diagonal from the block at to the point of attachment to the harness of the animal, and thereby the swinging of the upright in the arc of a circle insured and controlled, the rope or rail preventing the animal moving out of a straight line, and the pull of the animal on the draft end of the rope causing the sweep-bar, when it is unlatched, to move toward the guiding device, whether a rope or rail.

If the animal is not guided as we show, a driver must keep him in a straight path in order to insure a continuous movement, or prevent an irregular swinging movement, of the swinging upright in the arc of a circle for dumping the loaded fork. On this cable rope or rail an ordinary ring, H is fitted loosely, and connected by a chain or strap to a hook of the harness of the draft-animal, as illustrated. An ordinary backing-cord, H, leading from a staple, H on the bar A*, is connected to the bridle of the draft-animal. By this ordinary guiding and backing arrangement of 7 devices the animal will always be guided correctly, thus avoiding the expense of employing a driver, and by means of the cord H he can be caused to back for a new start, and after the animal has been trained by this cord the cord may be dispensed with. A rope or rail on each side of the animal, as shown in Fig. 12, might be used, in which case it would not be necessary to connect the animal to the ropes; or,instead of therope H,-a traveling endless guide-rope might be arranged on two pulleys, H", and the connecting-ring H be fastened permanently to one part of the rope, as illustrated in Fig. 9. The guiderope and controlling-cord maybe used with a team as well as a single animal, as shown in Fig. 13, the rope being placed between the two animals as a guide.

For swinging the pole in an arc of a circle to d ump the loaded fork, the sweep-bar K, pivoted to the beamA may have one end of a cord, I, fastened to it, while the other end of said cord is carried around a pulley, I, on

5 5 one of the sills A A, and fastened by a perforated latchplate, 1 to a pin, 1 on the other sill. By this arrangement the sweep-bar can be adjusted so as to stand near one of the sills of the foundation-frame while the animal is raising the loaded fork, and then, as soon as the load is raised, by pulling the plate 1 off the pin 1 by means vof the loose end I of the cord, the power of the draft-animal will cause.

the upright frame 0 O to swing around over the stack, and then by readjusting the bar K and the plate upon the pin I and swinging back the fork by the hand-lever J, attached to the lower part of the upright proper, or by other means, the operation of elevating and depositing the load upon the stack can be repeated.

What we claimas our invention is- 1. Ahay-stacker comprising in its construction a pivoted swinging upright consisting of the part 0 and the laterally-placed rigidlyconnected part 0, in combination with a hayelevating fork, and means for hoisting said fork, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the upright comprising pivoted pole O and the rigidly-couneeted guiding-bar G, of a hay-elevating fork,

and means. substantially as set forth, whereby it is guided up and down on the bar 0, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination of the upright,comprising a vertical pivoted pole, O, and an inclined guiding-bar, O, rigidly connected to it at top and bottom, with a hay-elevating fork, and means, substantially as set forth,whereby it is guided up and down on the bar O, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The combination of a base-frame, an upright pivoted at its lower end thereto, inclined props E E, having their upper ends hinged to the upright, the top pulley-beam, 0 attached to the said upright, and supporting pulleys forward thereof, and a hay-elevating fork, with hoisting means,substantially as described,connected thereto, suspended on said pulley-beam, and means whereby its handleis guided up and down forward of said upright, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The combination of the upright,compris- I ing pole G, pivoted at its lower end, and a rigidly-connected lateral guiding-bar, OT, two pulleys at the upper end of the upright, support for the pulleys, respectively, at points in rear and forward of the upright, a fork guided on the bar 0, and means, substantially as set forth, for raising the fork, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. The combination ofa pivoted uprighthaving inclined props loosely connected to it, a pulley-support at the upper end thereof, two or more pulleys located on 'said support forward of the upright, an elevating-fork, and means for hoisting the fork and guiding it on said upright, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. The combination,with aswinging upright and a fork guided by and forward of said up right, of two pulleys, support for said pulleys near the top and forward of the upright, and means, substantially as set forth, for hoisting the fork, connected'at separate points forward of the upright-via, to the fork-head and handie-substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. The combination, with a swinging upright comprising pivoted pole G, a rigidly-connected lateral guiding-bar, G, a top pulleybeam, 0 and pulleys on the beam, of a hayelevating fork guided on saidbar, and a hoist- ICC ing-rope rove, as described, with respect to the pulleys of the beam, fork-head, and handle,substantial1y as and for the purpose described. f

9. The upright provided with an inclined brace at its upper end, in combination with an elevating-fork having its handle formed with a space between its side portions, and devices adapted for bearing upon the said inclined brace during its ascent, and means for hoisting the fork, substantially as and for the purpose described.

10. The combination of the foundationfranie, comprising oblique side sills, A A, cross-beam A and rear stay-bar, A, a haystacker upright, inclined props E, elevatingfork D, guided on thcupright, and means, substantially as set forth, for hoisting the fork, substantially as and for the purpose described.

11. The sweep-bar K and its draft pulleyblock,in combination with pivoted upright, a top pulley-beam, G, the elevating-fork, and means, substantially as described, connected to the fork, passed over the pulley-beam and through the draft pulley-block, substantially asand for the purpose described.

12. The combination of a pivoted upright, a fork guided by the bar 0 of said upright, the hoisting means, substantially as described, rove, as described,with respect to the fork, the pulleys supported at the top and in front and in rear of the upright, the sweep-bar K, and the draft pulley-block, substantially as de scribed.

13. The combination, with the foundation- .frame, the pivoted upright, the top beam thereof, the elevating-fork, the rope, pulleys attached to the top beam of the upright and to the fork-handle, of the sweep-bar K, and the draft pulley-block on the outer end of the sweep-bar K, the cord I, connected to the sweep-bar, and a latch, substantially as described.

14:. The combination, with a swinging upright and a fork guided by and forward of 5 right, and means for hoisting and guiding the fork forward of the upright, substantially as and for the purpose described.

15. The combination of the foundationframe, a sweep-bar, K, a pulley, 1, a cord, I, connected to said bar K and passing around the pulley I, an upright, an elevating-fork, a hoisting-rope, and pulleys, substantially as described.

16. The fork, comprising tines, head-bars, handle, spacing and bearing devices, hingingconnections, latching-bar, pendent latch, and a latch-retaining device, in combination with a pivoted upright and a hoistingrope, substantially as and for the purpose described.

17. The combination, with a pivoted upright constructed with guiding-bar C, of the fork D, having its handle D formed of spaced horizontal bars 9, en'ibracing the guiding-bar O of the upright, and inclined bars h, having their front ends connected with the forward ends of the bars 9, and extended rearwardly, so as to embrace bar 0, vertical bars for connecting rear ends of the side bars, frictionrollers bearing in front and rear of said bar 0, and a hoisting-rope connected to the fork, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof weaffix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. BARLEY. THOMAS K. BARLEY.

Vitnesses:

JOHN HUBBARD, JAs. M. BYLER. 

